AIM:

APPERUTUS:

RESULTS:
PART A: Refractive index
Rectangle

0i

Test 1
Test 2
Test 3

59
45
43

0r
41
27
30

refractive
index
1.3
1.56
1.36

Average refractive index = 1.41

The formula that i used to get the results was AP= Ar sin(0r)/sin(0i) and to get the
average i added them all together and devided it by three.

PART A: Total internal reflection:

0i
Semi-circle
Test 1
Test 2

0r

total internal
reflection

45
45

Average total internal reflection =

formula

PART B:
Triangle
Test 1
of Red and Blue =

Red

Blue

To obtain these results I used a protractor and measured

the angle of the red line and the blue line from the medium's surface.

ANALYSIS: The real value of the refracted index of Perspex is 1.62725 and from my
average results i recorded 1.4. from this i can tell that it was close but not an
exstremelyextremely accurate practical.
compare values find percentage value. Find the critical angle of

Perspex compare results. Find the refractive index of red and

blue compare results. In doing this practical, my team and I did not
stumble across any technical or systematic errors. there was a few thing
that contributed to the inaccurate results such as the light box, the light
that was used was too thick to be able to get a proper calculation of the
critical angle in (Part A: total internal reflection). aAlso we traced the angle
of refraction on a piece of paper, in doing this we can notcannot get an
accurate result or get a perfect alinement because the light was too thick
and it is too hard to draw it manually. aAlthough the results may not be
correct, they were pretty close considering that we did not use high
powered lasers or calculate to the last decimal point. B but if i was to do
this prac again i would change the 12v light box for a stronger light box
that can shine a thiner narrower light beam. I would do more tests the get
a better average and lastly would use a variety of different shapes to find
if there was any difference or changes in any way instead of using just a
rectangle. Lastly i would chanege thae way i recorded the results i would
take a photo of a birds eye vieiw and from that i would print it out and
measure the angle that way in stead of drawing it free hand.
CONCLUSION:
Considering how much is here, this is quite good. Your analysis considers
the errors well and suggests well thought out improvements. You need to
focus on completing the other sections of the prac (aim, apparatus,
results, conclusion, etc) and writing in formal 3rd person.